Virtually everyone in the scientific community agrees that ensuring sufficient food supplies for a surging human population, which is set to grow by 2.4 billion by mid-century, will require serious work.Indeed, we have not even succeeded at providing enough food for today’s

In an ideal world, everyone, everywhere, would access the health services they need without having to pay more than they could afford.But is “health for all” — also known as universal health coverage — really possible, not just in rich countries, but in the poorest countries, too

Every advanced country has a bankruptcy law, but there is no equivalent framework for sovereign borrowers. That legal vacuum matters, because, as we now see in Greece and Puerto Rico, it can suck the life out of economies.

As price-gouging practices by a handful of drug companies attract headlines, one troubling aspect of the story remains underplayed.

So far, international climate talks have failed to find a mechanism that will successfully reduce global greenhouse-gas emissions.The 1997 Kyoto Protocol attempted to use a system of tradable quotas to establish a price on carbon dioxide emissions, but foundered after the United

For decades, the international energy landscape has been relatively stable, with producers like Saudi Arabia, Iran and Algeria selling oil and gas to consumers in the United States and Europe.In a few years, however, the energy terrain is likely to be unrecognisable, as dramatic

In the run-up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris, more than 150 governments submitted plans to reduce carbon emissions by 2030.Many observers are asking whether these reductions are deep enough.

 Over the next few weeks, Paris will once again dominate global headlines.

 China’s slowing growth has dominated global economic news this year — and for good reason.Beyond being the world’s second-largest economy, China is the largest manufacturer and consumer of raw materials; so any sign of weakening there is bad news for the global economy.But,